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Fuel prices in Spain: week 38 of 2008

15 Sep – 21 Sep 2008

Diesel fell by 1.7 cents over the week, to 1.165 €. That is the lowest diesel price since Apr 2008. Petrol 95 fell by 2.0 cents over the week, to 1.160 €. That is the lowest petrol 95 price since Apr 2008. A year earlier diesel cost 0.999 €: it is now 16.6 cents dearer.

Diesel fell most in Huelva (−3.9 cents). Among the large chains, Alcampo had the cheapest diesel at 1.139 €.

Median prices across Spain

FuelMon 15 SepMon 22 SepChangeWeek average
Diesel1.1821.1651.7 ¢1.173
Petrol 951.1801.1602.0 ¢1.175
Petrol 981.2951.2702.5 ¢1.288

The median of all stations at 00:00 Madrid time; the week runs from Monday to Monday (the prices after Sunday).

Diesel and petrol 95 in Spain, last 12 weeks

1.151.201.251.3023 Jun11 Aug22 SepPetrol 95Diesel
DieselPetrol 95

Diesel: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 SepChange
Fell most
Huelva1.1433.9 ¢
Cádiz1.1433.4 ¢
Almería1.1463.3 ¢
Teruel1.1443.3 ¢
Illes Balears1.1503.2 ¢

Petrol 95: the largest changes by province

ProvinceMon 22 SepChange
Fell most
Huesca1.1343.3 ¢
Illes Balears1.1453.2 ¢
Castellón1.1693.1 ¢
Cádiz1.1373.1 ¢
Granada1.1423.1 ¢

The cheapest large chains

ChainStationsDieselPetrol 95
Disa*1150.837 32.8 ¢0.894
Alcampo361.139 2.6 ¢1.145
Agla481.149 1.6 ¢1.149
Cepsa6071.153 1.2 ¢1.150
BP4911.155 1.0 ¢1.153
Q8671.155 1.0 ¢1.155
Valcarce301.156 0.9 ¢1.158
Moeve5011.157 0.8 ¢1.152
Shell2771.157 0.8 ¢1.153
Avia831.159 0.6 ¢1.156

* Most of its stations are on the Canary Islands, in Ceuta or Melilla, where fuel taxes are lower.

Chains with at least 30 stations selling diesel; median prices at the end of the week, the difference is to the Spanish median.

Oil and the euro that week

Brent, $ per barrel$ 93.4619.09.2008 · a week earlier: $ 94.37
Brent, € per litre0.413 €19.09.2008 · a week earlier: 0.422 €
EUR/USD1.423619.09.2008 · a week earlier: 1.4066
Spain in the EU, diesel8 / 2722.09.2008 · Spain 1.163 €, EU average 1.300 € (1 = cheapest)

Brent and the euro: the last value before each Monday. Pump prices follow crude with a lag of several weeks.

Brent oil price in euros per litre → · Fuel prices in Spain and the EU →

Sources: Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), open data; U.S. EIA (Brent); European Central Bank (euro rate); European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (CC BY 4.0). Medians and changes calculated by Litrigo.